Chapter 2. Building New Documents with XSLT

In the first chapter of this book, you got acquainted with the basics of how XSLT works. This chapter will take you a few steps further by showing you how to add text and markup to your result tree with XSLT templates.

First, you'll add literal text to your output. Then you'll work with literal result elements, that is, elements that are represented literally in templates. You'll also learn how to add content with the text, element, attribute, attribute-set, comment, and processing-instruction elements. In addition, you'll get your first encounter with attribute value templates, which provide a way to define templates inside attribute values.